BOUNCING back from a bad crash in the previous event, Adam Smith gave an impressive performance in the penulitmate round of the RTTC-Rudy Project national time trial series at.

Still sporting the bruises and scars from his fall in Somerset, the Mike Vaughan Cycles rider recorded the fastest time in the disabled category, covering the undulating 20-mile course in 55-34 to beat Simon Richardson by five seconds.

After disability factoring, Smith - who competes in the Paralympic CP4 category - finished in second place and with one round to go, near Andover on October 13, he is on course for the overall silver medal.

Hill climb specialist Jon Wood (Coventry CC) finished eighth from a 100-plus field in Weaver Valley CC's event on the 6.4-mile Cat and Fiddle in Lancashire.

Wood, who is building up to the national championship later this month, completed the ascent in 23-20.6 as Daniel Soltys (Wrekinsport CC), 21-19.7, led the way on a near-windless morning when times were nevertheless the slowest in the last six years.

Dunchurch-based member of the MI Racing-EAS team, Martin Hackley finished his road racing season in fine style with second place in the 50-mile Reading veterans event over an undulating circuit which saw a leading group of ten riders contest an uphill finish.

Team-mates Ken Haddon and Mick Ives finished second and thirrd in the 40-mile race for riders aged 60 and over.

Ives was caught 100 yards from the line after a solo attack in the closing miles.

This weekend MI Racing field a strong team in the LVRC national time trial championships, sponsored for over £1,000 by EAS Nutrition, over a hilly 24.5-mile course on the Warwick to Banbury road with headquarters at Warmington Village Hall (11am).